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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.cerf.net!mvb.saic.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!jabba.cybernetics.net!hermes.cybernetics.net!james From: james@hermes.cybernetics.net (James Robinson) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: problems on ne2000 configuration Date: 27 Jul 1994 17:56:15 GMT Organization: James' PPP FreeBSD connection Lines: 38 Distribution: world Message-ID: <31673v$491@jabba.cybernetics.net> References: <CtJyDA.J5B@inf.ufrgs.br> Reply-To: james@hermes.cybernetics.net NNTP-Posting-Host: hermes.cybernetics.net In article <CtJyDA.J5B@inf.ufrgs.br>, lsc@inf.ufrgs.br (Leonardo Silva Carissimi) writes: |> I'm trying to connect a just installed NetBSD host in the internet. |> It seems is all configured, but the packets sent to the internet |> hosts (e.g., by 'ping' command) are not replied. |> |> With 'ifconfig -a' the output is: |> |> ne0: flags=863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX> |> inet 143.54.7.103 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 143.54.7.0 |> |> What means the flag <SIMPLEX>? Is this the problem?? If so, how |> change this default value (I have tried several ways and it is |> always set) |> |> Thank you in advance. |> |> Leonardo. |> |> Hmm, I'm not sure about your netmask et al, but simplex is fine. Quoting from Stevens' _Illustrated_TCP/IP_Volume_1_, p. 48: This BSD4.4 flag specifies that the interface can't hear its own transmissions. It is set in BSD/386 for all the Ethernet interfaces. When set, if the interface is sending a frame to the broadcast address, a copy is made for the the local host and sent to the loopback address. (great book, BTW. Answers all sorts of questions) What does "netstat -I ne0" tell you? What about being able to do things other than 'ping'? -- //James Robinson :: james@hermes.cybernetics.net :: PPP via Cybernetics \\ //FreeBSD/XFree86 :: The best things in life are Free! \\ //Frank Zappa : There's a big difference in bending down and kneeling over \\